- The UW Board of Regents Thursday voted to approve
the reorganization of the university.
While two regents voted no, including the former state
auditor who called for more time to study the plan,
the merging of the systems two-year schools with four-year
campuses moves ahead.
Wisconsin Public Television, now part of UW-Extension,
would move to UW System administration.
System President Ray Cross says declining enrollment at two-year
schools puts them in jeopardy and says he believes the time is
now to make the changes even though the details have not been
worked out.
- My dream for the University of Wisconsin System and for the
state of Wisconsin includes a future where the people of
Wisconsin, regardless of their past experiences or financial
circumstances, have an opportunity to earn a college
degree.
That means maintaining and even expanding access to the
university, assuring affordability,
continuing to simplify and streamline transferability,
providing enhanced advising so that we can grow the number of
college graduates this state so desperately needs.
- The changes are expected to take effect July 1, 2018.